I have had intermittent problems with my internet connection for over a year. At first I was connecting to my BB (Virgin ADSL) with a Thomson Speedtouch 330 and every so often it would just stop working - I would get page time-outs and just couldn't use internet, send or receive mail. I would just have to reconnect and then it would work. In the end I bought a Belkin router/modem (Belkin G Wireless Modem Router) and wire connected this into a Belkin Network card. It didn't make much difference and I would still get random disconnects.
At that time I had Win Vista.
Recently, I had a C-drive crash and replaced my HDD. When I did so, I loaded Win7. I am still getting intermittent connection problems, but have looked further into the details. When I have a problem it shows as being unable to load a web page. I get timed out, but "Diagnose" identifies no problems.
I opened a cmd line and checked ping. I can ping the router by IP address and i can ping things like Google by both IP and URL. I checked ipconfig /all at three different times. First when I had a good connection, then when the connection failed mid-session and then when i couldn't connect from the outset. Comparing the results shows no significant changes. The only things to change, and it was different sessions, were the ipv6 addresses and lease expiry date, everything else remained the same.
A couple of other odd things.
To reset my router, I usually go to its "Webpage" using its URL-192.168.2.1 (I've even got a shortcut on my desktop for this). Usually, it opens up the controls for the router and I can just restart from there. This usually works, but not always. Sometimes i get page time-outs for the router, even though I can ping it. I then have to reset the router by disconnecting power and even that doesn't work everytime. When it becomes that bad, which has only happened a couple of times, then I have found that doing a system restore will help
Sometimes when i can't access internet, ie get page time-outs, my e-mail will still download - though much more slowly than normal.
I have tried replacing the ADSL filter, the telephone line from the socket, the cable from the router to the PC and I have updated the drivers of both the network card and the router. Because i have replaced my C drive i have got very few programs running. My start up list consists of Avast (antivirus) and Comodo (firewall). I have disabled the windows firewall in case of conflict
Does anyone have any suggestions
Thanks
Jolia


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